Four civilians have been killed in northern Cameroun in a cross-border attack by Boko Haram terrorists, state radio said yesterday.
Boko Haram struck in the early evening on Thursday in the village of Assighassia near the city of Mokolo. It is the latest of its incursions into the hilly side of neighbouring Cameroun in recent months.
Cameroun’s army responded, and two of the militants were killed and a Camerounian soldier injured, state-run Cameroun Radio Television reported late on Friday.
“Two hours later, the terrorist group again attacked the village of Ganse, also close to Mokolo, and killed four civilians.”
Officials in the defence ministry said yesterday they had been informed of the clashes and were seeking to confirm the details.
More than 40,000 people have fled to Cameroun to escape Boko Haram attacks in northern Nigeria, according to the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR, leaving behind few but the elderly and the disabled in their villages across the border.
But once over the border they are still not safe and UNHCR is seeking to transfer many of them to a refugee camp further from the frontier at Minawao.
Foncha Ngeh, a businessman based in Cameroun’s northern hub of Maroua, said that hundreds of people were fleeing from isolated border villages in Cameroon. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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